The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

asylum is talked OF at Pontiac.
"A Hemlo k man humanely chloroforms
lis hogs before he butchers them.
A large new hospital for lnmbermen
will be buiIt at Manis,ique in the spring.
Seven OF the twelve members Of the
Kalamazoo baseball club are over six feet
high.
1t is expected that the log cut at Lud-
ington this winter viii aggregate 100000
600 logs.
The Alpena hatchery has sent 100 jars
OF whiiedsh eggs to the planting ground at
Worthwhile.
The public schools at Ludingion ar,
owe rfowing with pupils, and night school
is TO be started.
The convicts in the prison Mt jackson
have NIL been presented with new spring
suits OF the latest penitentiary style.
--Cheboygan ministers refuse to perform
the marriage ceremony when either of the
interested parties has been divorced.
Air ena shipped her first load OF sui
phitc paper pulp last week. Nearly $4,000
pounds were sent TO Ypsilanti.
-Primus GreenhaIl, colored, died at the
Jackson County poor-house last week,
aged 100 years. He was sold five times be-
fore he was so years old.
"A IS greenback appeared in the till OF
Newaygo bank the other day bearing the
following inscription: Here she goes
save your salary don't gamble-never play
faro bank-the last OF fortune of $4,000"
"A lightning adder gave an exhibition
in public place in Lansing, and gained
great admiration by his rapid work with
long columns of figures. After he had
taken up n collection and disappeared il
was discovered that his totals were all
wrong
Henry Colburn of Pavilion will make
n complaint against the schoolmaster at
that place. He charges that the teacher re-
Gently punished Mr.. Colbum's 1l-year- old
son so severely that the boy has been under
the care of physician since Jan. 20. An
OtutI rbu VI MI 1OiOuili ~ Iib
by the same pedagogue.
Careful estimates by prominent iron
men place the output of iron ore Of mines
within the corporation limits of Ishpeming
ut $40, 900 tons during the year 1887. The
rest of the Marquette district produces
/ 1926, 900 tons. Menominee district /, 000-
900 tons, Gogebic district 100000 tons,
and the yermilion Lake district, in Mime
sofa, 50O,OO tons. Total, 100000 tons.
The Detroit Board of Trade is terribly
worked up over the statement that the bust
ness of the board is declining. Ex-Presi-
dent Lnsier says that there was much truth
in the report, with some wrong conclusions
Ex-P President Wendell denies the story in
toto, but admits that there has been fall
ing off in business. Other leading mem
bers say that all that troubles the board is
want of elevator capacity.
--Whitney's Opera House, in Detroit,
stands on Government ground, for which
he pays yearly rental of 800. w. G..
Thompson. Whitney's chief competitor in
tie theatrical business in that city, has
long tried to have the Government Gust
Mr.. Whitney from the property, and last
week he went to Washington and inter-
viewed the Secretary OF the Treasury on
the matter. As a result, it is expected be-
fore another month closes Whitney will be
compelled TO remove or sell his place.
Thompson hopes in this way to get slice
OF Whitney's patronage.
"A few months ago John Autcliffe of
Jackson wanted wife, but was too BASH
full to do bis own counting. He conhded
his trouble TO Randolph juno. neighbor,
and tho latter offered TO conduct the pre-
liminary negotiations for 5000. He did so
and was so successful that about month
ago Autclife was married TO woman he
never saw till introduced to her by June.
Hardly was the honeymoon over before
june began 10 clamor for his $500. Aut-
clilfo denied the claim and June brought
suit. The case came up for trial, but Aut-
cliffe had in the meantime come TO real
ization OF the blessing June had secured
for him and paid the claim in full. with
costs.
John Campbell Of Buffalo and Martin
j. Dunn of Detroit engaged ia a horse
shoe turning contest nj the Detroit OPEN
House for wager of $3.50. Two FORCES
and five helpers were allotted each man.
Dunn won the contest, turning 100 shoes